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Long‐term expanding human airway organoids for disease modeling

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Sachs, Norman, Papaspyropoulos, Angelos, Zomer‐van Ommen, Domenique D, Heo, Inha, Böttinger, Lena, Klay, Dymph, Weeber, Fleur, Huelsz‐Prince, Guizela +40 more·2019·The EMBO Journal

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Abstract Organoids are self-organizing 3D structures grown from stem cells that recapitulate essential aspects of organ structure and function. Here we describe a method to establish long-term-expanding human airway organoids from broncho-alveolar biopsies or lavage material. The pseudostratified airway organoid epithelium consists of basal cells, functional multi-ciliated cells, mucus-producing goblet cells, and CC10-secreting club cells. Airway organoids derived from cystic fibrosis (CF) patients allow assessment of CFTR function in an organoid swelling assay. Organoid culture conditions also allow gene editing as well as the derivation of various types of lung cancer organoids. Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection recapitulated central disease features and dramatically increases organoid cell motility, found to be driven by the non-structural viral NS2 protein. We conclude that human airway organoids represent versatile models for the in vitro study of hereditary, malignant, and infectious pulmonary disease.

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  • Infection of murine gastric organoids by H. pylori showed increased cytosolic β-catenin levels induced by bacterially originated CagA, which led to increased proliferation in infected organoids.

    “Infection of murine gastric organoids by H. pylori showed increased cytosolic β-catenin levels induced by bacterially originated CagA, which led to increased proliferation in infected organoids179.”

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    The Results section on generation and characterization describes human airway organoids, while the Materials and Methods section describes RSV infection of those organoids; neither addresses murine gastric organoids. Searches for H. pylori, CagA, cytosolic β-catenin, and infection-related proliferation found no passage supporting the attributed finding in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Sachs, N., Papaspyropoulos, A., Zomer‐van Ommen, D. D., Heo, I., Böttinger, L., Klay, D., Weeber, F., Huelsz‐Prince, G., Iakobachvili, N., Amatngalim, G. D., de Ligt, J., van Hoeck, A., Proost, N., Viveen, M. C., Lyubimova, A., Teeven, L., Derakhshan, S., Korving, J., Begthel, H., Dekkers, J. F., Kumawat, K., Ramos, E., van Oosterhout, M. F., Offerhaus, G. J., Wiener, D. J., Olimpio, E. P., Dijkstra, K. K., Smit, E. F., van der Linden, M., Jaksani, S., van de Ven, M., Jonkers, J., Rios, A. C., Voest, E. E., van Moorsel, C. H., van der Ent, C. K., Cuppen, E., van Oudenaarden, A., Coenjaerts, F. E., Meyaard, L., Bont, L. J., Peters, P. J., Tans, S. J., van Zon, J. S., Boj, S. F., Vries, R. G., Beekman, J. M., & Clevers, H.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Utrecht (NL)
  • St. Antonius Ziekenhuis (NL)
  • The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NL)
  • Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics (NL)
  • Maastricht University (NL)
  • Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research (NL)
  • Princess Máxima Center (NL)
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (NL)
Corresponding author
Clevers, Hans
Venue
The EMBO Journal
Published
2019-01-14
Volume
38
Issue
4
ISSN
  • 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
  • 1460-2075
OpenAlex
W2799736418
Cited by
1,082
References
82
Citations by year
2026: 126 · 2025: 178 · 2024: 137 · 2023: 159 · 2022: 157 · 2021: 182 · 2020: 104 · 2019: 30 · 2018: 9
FWCI
86.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • KNAW research portal (Royal Academy of Art and Sciences (KNAW)) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • KNAW Research Portal (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • AMOLF Institutional Repository (AMOLF) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Research Publications (Maastricht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • ZonMw (114021012, 40‐00812‐98‐14103, 91615182)
  • Human Frontier Science Program (CDA00076/2014‐C)
  • Prof. Dr. Jaap Swieringa Foundation (stAH‐CvM‐HI‐HC)
  • Dutch Cystic Fibrosis Society (HIT‐CF)
  • SU2C (SU2C‐AACR‐DT‐12‐14)
  • KWF Kankerbestrijding (2014‐7006)
  • Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (680‐47‐529, 834.11.002)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine › Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Keywords
airway organoids, cystic fibrosis, CFTR function, lung cancer, metastasis, respiratory syncytial virus, NS2 protein, neutrophil recruitment, disease modeling, Clara cells, ciliated cells
MeSH terms
Animals, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Cells, Cultured, Cystic Fibrosis, Disease Models, Animal, Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, Epithelial Cells, Female, Humans, Lung Neoplasms, Male, Organ Culture Techniques, Organoids, Respiratory Syncytial Viruses, Respiratory System, Mice, SCID, Mice, Inbred NOD, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections, Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator, Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays, Mice

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